Vital capacity test at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$102.81
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$102.81
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$7.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.17 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $7.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $7.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $7.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $7.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $7.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $13.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $14.39 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $17.37 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $20.15 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $21.38 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $21.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $21.49 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $25.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $25.39 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $26.52 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $27.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $27.14 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $30.33 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $30.33 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $30.33 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $30.84 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $30.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $34.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $38.35 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $41.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $41.12 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $42.56 | ↓ -59% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $46.26 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $46.26 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $46.26 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $51.41 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $51.92 | ↓ -49% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $56.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $56.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $56.55 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $56.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $59.63 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $60.45 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $60.45 | ↓ -41% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $66.83 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $71.97 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $71.97 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $77.11 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $77.11 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $77.11 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $82.25 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $82.25 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $87.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $102.81 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $102.81 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $102.81 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $380.46 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $380.46 | ↑ +270% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $673.76 | ↑ +555% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $673.76 | ↑ +555% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $706.97 | ↑ +588% |
| BCBS | PPO | $740.17 | ↑ +620% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $200.99 | $53.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $200.99 | $93.80 – $277.91 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $200.99 | $56.95 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $197.26 | $40.60 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $207.11 | $41.42 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $197.26 | $63.32 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $197.26 | $101.92 – $386.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $207.11 | $69.04 – $386.96 |